"City Lord, why did you give 1,000 jugs of wine to the shopkeeper? Aren't we making a huge loss this way?"
Lan Lingsheng couldn't help but ask when Qin Xiao's group of six walked out of a restaurant called Yue Ke Lai.
It was probably because this time, Qin Xiao had directly given a thousand jugs of wine to the shopkeeper for free.
They were here to sell wine. Why did he give it away? Furthermore, he had given away 1,000 jugs of wine.
Even if two jugs of wine were sold at the price of one Chaos Source Rock, 1,000 jugs of wine would be worth 500 Chaos Source Rocks.
Therefore, Lan Lingsheng and the others couldn't understand Qin Xiao's actions.
Qin Xiao smiled and said, "You can't trap a wolf without risking your life. Sometimes, you have to use some small tricks if you want to succeed. I did this on purpose."
"1,000 jugs of wine, no more, no less. The reason I gave them to the shopkeeper was because I wanted to use this method to get people to approve of this wine and achieve a certain effect of spreading it. "
"You have to know, in a business, who is the most important person?"
Qin Xiao glanced at Lan Lingsheng and the others and waited for them to answer.
Lan Lingsheng was the first to answer. "Customers."
Qin Xiao nodded and said, "Yes, the most important person in a business is the customer. After all, the customer is the final step in a business transaction. "
"If we want to sell wine, we naturally need a lot of customers to be able to sell it."
"However, we are new here and don't have our own restaurant. We don't have a reputation, so we can only make sure that we don't get new customers."
"Didn't we just ask around? The shopkeeper of Yue Ke Lai Restaurant is usually greedy for small gains."
"Therefore, we decided to take the right medicine and give him 1,000 jugs of wine. He will definitely try his best to promote this wine and sell it to customers as soon as possible."
"Even if he sells it at six Chaos Source Rocks per jug, 1,000 jugs of wine will still be 6,000 Chaos Source Rocks to him."
"Once he has tasted the sweetness, he will naturally come to us for more goods. When he comes looking for us again, we can talk about it. That will be much easier to talk about. "
After listening to Qin Xiao's explanation, Lan Lingsheng and the others slapped their heads and suddenly came to a realization.
"City Lord, you're really amazing. We admire you so much," Lan Lingsheng said with a look of admiration.
Qin Xiao curled his lips and said, "But this is not all we need to do. It's not enough to just take care of this restaurant. There's always the possibility of an unforeseen event. That's why we have to be prepared for many things. "
"There aren't many shopkeepers who are greedy for small gains, so we can't spread this method. However, it shouldn't be a problem to find two or three shops nearby."
"That's why we need to do two things next. Firstly, we need to find two more clans and repeat the same trick."
"Secondly, we can bribe some people and get them to go to other restaurants to drink. When they are drinking, we can deliberately say that the wine in Yue Ke Lai Restaurant is good and cheap to attract customers."
"Of course, we'll have to spend a lot of Chaos Source Stones for the second method, but it's worth it."
"I think we'll be able to see the results very soon if we start from these two aspects."
Lan Lingsheng and the others didn't know how to do business, but they trusted Qin Xiao very much. When they heard Qin Xiao's words, they felt that it made sense.
Therefore, they were very motivated to do as Qin Xiao said.
They also set their goal very small. They only found a total of ten restaurants. There was no need to find more, and their energy was limited.
Besides, if half of the ten restaurants came to them for more goods, it would be a very successful thing. It was likely that less than half would come to them.
Qin Xiao also had his own way of selling shoes, clothes, and jewelry. He gave some to some poor people for free and also gave them some Chaos Source Stones. He asked them to wear them in groups and wander around the entrance of the clothing stores.
Of course, he couldn't choose too many stores. After all, the production of this kind of goods wasn't high.
In comparison, the immortal weapons were much simpler. He found a relatively large immortal treasure building and sold all the low-grade immortal weapons.
Selling them directly to the immortal treasure building naturally wouldn't be expensive, so the profit wasn't big. In total, each low-grade immortal weapon could only earn about two or three Chaos Source Stones.
This was because the immortal weapons made by the Giant Strength Race and the Dwarf Race were better. Otherwise, it would be very difficult to earn Chaos Source Stones.
If he sold them alone, the profit would be several times or even ten times higher.
But obviously, selling them alone wouldn't work for the time being. So this was the only way.
Fortunately, there was still a profit of two or three Chaos Source Stones. It was actually not bad. To the people of Free City, it was quite satisfying.
Moreover, it was easy to sell the goods in this way. There were many immortal treasure shops in Shangyong City. Basically, they could sell as many goods as they wanted. It was a very stable business.
After doing this business, Qin Xiao and the others were now waiting for the feedback in terms of wine and clothing.
The feedback in this area came very quickly.
In terms of wine, three restaurants came to talk to Qin Xiao about purchasing goods. In terms of clothing, two shops came to talk about it.
However, the price was really low. In any case, Qin Xiao insisted on a Chaos Source Stone and two pots. In the end, they reached a deal with a 20% discount.
But Qin Xiao and the others brought too little goods. There were only about thirty thousand pots. Each restaurant gave ten thousand pots. In this way, the total profit of the wine was twelve thousand Chaos Source Stones.
Fortunately, the three restaurants placed some orders. At least, Yue Ke Tavern placed a hundred thousand pots. Immortal Tavern placed a two hundred thousand pot. The biggest one was Drunken Immortal Tavern, who placed a three hundred thousand pot.
In total, they placed a six hundred thousand pot order.
This six hundred thousand pot order was a gross profit of two hundred and forty thousand Chaos Source Stones.
Excluding the cost, it was enough to make a net profit of a few hundred thousand Chaos Source Stones.
However, to make six hundred thousand pots of wine, even if the Giant Strength Race worked hard, it would take at least a few tens of thousands of years.
Most importantly, they lacked materials. This was a big problem.
Therefore, Qin Xiao and the others had to hurry to purchase materials. At the same time, Qin Xiao also informed the Elf Clan Leader to bring people to Shangyong City to bring the materials back to Free City. The wine would be sent over in batches.
As for Qin Xiao and the others, they stayed in Free City for the time being. After all, they needed people to take care of things here. The clothing business was not done yet.
The response in the clothing business was slower than the wine business. But in the end, two shops came to ask for goods.
The price was even lower than the wine business. But there was no other way. The consumption of clothing was much lower than the wine business. Therefore, the profits were very thin.
Moreover, the quantity was not large. But it did not matter. Free City did not want to do big business. It was enough to do small businesses. A small stream flowed slowly.
It was fine to accumulate slowly.
In this way, they only stayed in Shangyong City for a short hundred years. All the businesses were done well. It could be said that they had temporarily opened up a market.
Lan Lingsheng and the others were very excited. They did not expect the mission to be completed so quickly and smoothly.
Of course, all of this was due to the City Lord's efforts.
However, Qin Xiao was not so happy. For the time being, it was still relatively smooth.
But Qin Xiao knew that the situation in the business world was changing rapidly. So, he really could not be happy too early.
They were weak, so it would be difficult for everything to go smoothly. This was also the reason why Qin Xiao had to stay in Shangyong City.
Of course, Qin Xiao did not tell Lan Lingsheng and the others about these concerns. It was not good to instill too much in them.
Qin Xiao wanted Lan Lingsheng and the others to stay in Shangyong City with him. He wanted to bring them along to broaden their horizons and accumulate more experience.
If Free City wanted to do small business for a long time, Lan Lingsheng and the other four would be the main force in charge of this matter in the future.
After this, Qin Xiao would definitely not appear in public in the future. So, he had to let them grow.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to purchase materials, Qin Xiao also brought Lan Lingsheng and the others to experience what it meant to cheat and cheat in the business world, scheming against each other, hawking, all kinds of methods to attract people, promotional activities, and so on.
They watched and learned seriously.
Experience was something that could be accumulated bit by bit.
Finally, the materials were purchased. Except for a small number of chaos source stones, they had spent the rest and exchanged them for a large number of materials.
The Elf Patriarch also brought a few people to receive them. Qin Xiao asked the Elf Patriarch and the others to bring the materials back to rush the goods. The six of them continued to stay in Shangyong City.
After these years of traveling in Shangyong City, Lan Lingsheng and the others had indeed learned a lot. They understood a lot and learned a lot.
They no longer seemed so naive. They were all carefully selected and were all smart people. It was easy for them to learn and understand.
Although some of the things were not good, they had to learn if they wanted to do business.
However, the requirements were not high. They did not need to learn too much. They just needed to know some of the tricks and not lose out too much.
If they wanted to learn well, it would be impossible without the accumulation of endless years of experience.
How should one put it? Some things could be said to be simple, but they could also be said to be complicated.
The main thing was that it depended on how you looked at it.
Lan Lingsheng and the others were relatively simple people. They would only look at it with a relatively simple gaze. Therefore, many complicated things would not be too complicated when it came to them. They would appear much simpler.
"Hey, do you know why many young outstanding people from large factions have come to Shangyong City recently?"
"I've heard about it. I heard that there's a young master with eight beautiful maids. He's called Prince Zhang Yang. It's said that he's from the Zhang clan. There's also a young master riding a nine-headed bird. He's from the Pin clan. "
"Haha, you know too little. It's not just that. As far as I know, there are no less than ten young masters from large clans who have come to our Shangyong City. It's even rumored that people from the Hu clan have come. "
"It can't be? People from the Hu clan have come? But it's normal. After all, there are too many children of the Hu clan. It's normal for one to come. Tell me, what kind of rumor is it? It's so attractive. "
"Hehe, I'll tell you. Don't spread it. It's said that Sage Li's daughter came to our Hu territory to play. She came out alone. "
"So, you know. Those young masters from large clans came out to try their luck and see if they can find Sage Li's daughter. Then, they can curry favor with her. "
"It's said that Sage Li has a daughter. If they can win the heart of this princess, then think about it. Tsk, tsk, tsk. It's very attractive."
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